(5) Level Playing Field campaign

Exeter City Disabled Supporters Association, Exeter City
Football Club and One game One Community are fully supporting the ‘Level
Playing Field’ campaign. Level Playing Field is also the trading name of the
National Association of Disabled Supporters and has organised weeks of action
from 10th - 25th March calling on all football clubs and fans to get behind their
drive to make match day experiences the same for everyone. This year’s campaign is focusing on what football clubs
have to offer supporters with disabilities.

It is estimated that a minimum of 30,000
disabled football fans attend football on a regular basis. LPF campaigns to
improve facilities/services so that all clubs offer the same kind of match day
experience for disabled fans as non-disabled ones: “It can be
as simple as an equitable access to tickets, a decent view, sitting under cover
and with your own fans plus accessible toilets and bars. LPF is keen to
highlight that football plays a massive part in the everyday lives of disabled
supporters: “Time
and again we receive testimonials on how following football has had a positive
effect on the life of disabled fans offering a sense of belonging, pride,
passion and belief”.

Exeter City Disabled Supporters Association fully
supports the 'Level Playing Field' campaignand to show our support we
are sponsoring a child to become a
match day mascot at the Preston North End match on Sat 17th March. Yazeed is 14 years old, is autistic, and attends Dawlish School.
Attending the match with Yazeed will be father Khalid and two younger brothers, Ebaraheem
and Abdulaziz.

Exeter
City's One Game One Community Group (OGOC) is delighted to be supporting the
Level Playing Field initiative. The group works closely with ECDSA on
disability issues and has helped choose Yazeed as a mascot through one of
its partner community groups. City's OGOC ambassador John O'Flynn has also been
busy over the past few weeks supporting disability events.

Exeter City F.C. does a great deal with the
help and support of ECDSA to ensure that supporters with disabilities can have
an enjoyable match day experience and one facility we're all proud of is the
provision of match day commentary for visually impaired supporters and all the
hard work put in by the trained
volunteer commentators. The club also has a wheelchair for hire for those who
are finding it difficult to get around because of a temporary disablement.

If
you would like more details on the facilities and football training for
supporters with disabilities

at Exeter City please visit our ECFC Disability Information & Disability Football sections on this website.